Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Compass is heading into the final weeks of 2024 with a bang. On Monday, the firm announced its plan to acquire Christie’s International Real Estate and @properties. According to a press release, the merger is expected to close in 2025 and is subject to regulatory approval. In an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Compass informed its shareholders that it will purchase the companies for $150 million in cash at closing, along with roughly 44.13 million shares of Compass’

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Real Estate News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The $444 million deal brings the 8th-largest brokerage firm into the Compass fold and represents the brokerage giant’s first major move into the global market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Despite initial concerns that tariffs would push mortgage rates up to 8% and reduce housing demand, this week has brought some encouraging news. The 10-year yield has remained stable at a crucial technical level and even reversed direction, resulting in improved mortgage rates. Additionally, housing demand has surprisingly held up, even with elevated mortgage rates.

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Keeping Current Matters

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A recent study from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows most sellers (61%) completed at least minor repairs when selling their house.

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DECEMBER 1, 2024

Generating half of her business on Instagram, North Carolina-based agent Emily McAllister focuses on creating local content that provides value to her ideal client groups. Jimmy Burgess sits down with her to find out exactly how she does it.

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Estate Agent Today

DECEMBER 1, 2024

High street estate agencies are facing challenges on two fronts as they face rising staff costs and increased competition from the growing number of self-employed agents.

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Buying a home in today’s market can feel like an uphill battle – especially with home prices and mortgage rates putting pressure on your budget.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The National Association of Realtors settlement became the inciting incident for the most disruptive year for real estate in living memory. A judge is now expected to approve the deal Tuesday afternoon.

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Estate Agent Today

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released a new edition of its Global Red Book, making several updates on the use of artificial intelligence in valuations and the mandatory implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Communities across the country, particularly those that are popular among retirees, are seeing an influx of older residents as a “silver tsunami” — based on population rather than housing inventory — prepares to wash over them. South Florida — already a popular retirement destination due to its warmer year-round climate — has been struggling with a higher concentration of older residents and is poised to take on even more, according to local reporting from The Palm Beach Post.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

A last-minute filing by the DOJ and a handful of objections failed to derail the settlements, which cap more than five years of litigation in Sitzer/Burnett.

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Chances are you’re hearing a lot about mortgage rates right now, and all you really want to hear is that they’re coming back down.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Mortgage giants will be allowed to back loans of up to $1.2 million in high-cost markets, providing ammo to critics who say goverment backing for mortgages adds to affordability woes.

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BAM Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

FIRST: Whatever you do, do NOT post or send a generic Happy Thanksgiving message. Nobody needs to see that RE/MAX branded turkey, and everyone already knows it’s Thanksgiving. Those posts don’t do anything for anyone. It’s not 2018 anymore, and a “post just to post” is not an effective strategy. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Broke Agent | Real Estate Humor (@thebrokeagent) Okay, now we got that out of the way, here are five things you can post on Thanksgiving Day. 1.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

It can be tricky talking about the national housing market when different parts of the country have very different market dynamics. Nationally, home prices will finish 2024 with an increase of about 5% over the previous year, despite historically low home sales and that there are 27% more homes unsold on the market than there were last year at this time.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

A new complaint, like others filed in Michigan and Pennsylvania, claims that requiring association membership as a precondition for MLS access is monopolistic.

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

With the holidays right around the corner, homeowners planning to move have a decision to make: sell now or wait?

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Inman

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Adjustment for rising home prices increases FHA ceiling in high-cost markets like New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and raises the floor in low-cost markets to $524,225.

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Estate Agent Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The Guild of Property Professionals is advising estate agents to be proactive in informing buyers about the impending changes to Stamp Duty thresholds in England and Northern Ireland.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Did today’s new home sales report really show an epic crash in sales? New home sales reports can be quite volatile from month to month. When I notice a significant increase or decrease compared to estimates, I often suspect that revisions will be made or that a one-time event may have influenced the figures. In this case, several factors contributed to the substantial decline in new home sales.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

With the NAR settlement on the cusp of approval, a filing from the Department of Justice cast a shadow on a core part of the deal. Now what?

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

There’s a misconception Wall Street is buying all the homes on the market. But data proves that isn’t true.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Here’s Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.

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Brownstoner

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

New York City leads the United States in formerly industrial and retail spaces being converted into self storage over the last decade, according to a report by the self storage listing site Storage Cafe. In addition to having an abundance of industrial, commercial and office buildings that have outlived the companies… Read More > The post NYC leads United States in spaces being converted into self storage: report appeared first on Brownstoner.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Ryan Serhant ’s eponymous brokerage has been in rapid growth mode this year following the success of the Netflix show “Owning Manhattan,” and now investors want in on the action. SERHANT. announced Monday that it secured $45 million in a Series A funding round led by real estate venture capital firm Camber Creek and participation from Left Lane Capital.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Kevin Brown, who will lead NAR in 2026, says he’s seen “the transformative power of homeownership” to move people out of poverty. “That’s why I do this.

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Keeping Current Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A lot of people assume spring is the ideal time to sell a house.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Luz de Amor Eytalis took aim at rules that require "forced memberships" in local, state and national Realtor associations in order to access her local multiple listing service.

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Estate Agent Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Just when I thought property agent regulation was something of a lost cause, it’s suddenly back on the agenda. I’m aware that it’s a contentious issue within the industry but I have thrown my weight behind regulation for a variety of reasons.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Wells Fargo announced on Monday that it has expanded its $10,000 down payment grant program for underserved borrowers to an additional 12 metro areas, more than a year after initially launching it in eight markets. “We are expanding the availability of our Homebuyer Access grant program to additional areas to expand opportunities for low-to-moderate income homebuyers,” Kevin Reen, head of Wells Fargo Home Lending, said in a statement.

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